Salt and pepper shaker.



H. HBDRIGH.

SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 191].

Patented July 4, 1911.

ATTORNEK? VCOLUMHXA m. cm. WASHINGTON. u. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN HEDRICH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN HEDRIGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Salt and Pepper Shaker, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a salt and pepper shaker of novelconstruction, which may be readily manipulated, effectively excludes airand moisture, and is not liable to release excessive quantities of itscharge.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a side view of a salt andpepper shaker embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a cross section on line2-2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a plan; Fig. 4 a longitudinal section showing thesalt compartment open; Fig. 5 a right hand view of Fig. 4., and Fig. 6 aleft hand View thereof.

To two receptacles 10 arranged side by side and adapted to hold pepperand salt respectively, are removably secured a pair of contactingslidably connected side plates 11. that face each other. Each receptacle10, is preferably made of glass and is trough shaped, being providedwith a flat base 12, a rounded top 13 and an open inner side whichcarries the plate 11. A pair of flanges 14: extend along this open innerside while an additional flange 15 extends partly around base 12. Thetwo plates 11 are near the top of the device provided with differentlysized apertures 16, 17 to permit the discharge from receptacles 10 ofsalt and pepper respectively. Means are provided for so connecting theplates that they are slidable upon one another, each plate constitutinga support and guide for the other plate during this movement. To thiseffect and also to hold the plates to the receptacles, each plate isprovided at one face with parallel grooved side flanges 18 adapted tograsp flanges 1% and also with a top flange 19 constituting an abutmentfor receptacle 10. On the other face, each plate is furthermore providedwith a grooved rail 20, the rail on one plate being opposed to that ofthe other plate and engaging the corresponding flange 18 thereof.

In order to limit the longitudinal play of plates 11 together with theirreceptacles 10, one of the inwardly turned flanges of each rail 20 iscut away along a suitable distance Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 5, 1911.

Patented July 4, 1911.

Serial No. 618,983.

from the bottom of the plate to form a stop 21 adapted to be engaged bythe bottom flange 15 of the opposite receptacle 10.

To charge receptacles 10, they are withdrawn from the interlocked plates11, filled with pepper and salt and are refitted to said plates to whichthey are firmly held by the frictional engagement of flanges 14, 18 andalso owing to the abutment of their rounded upper ends against flanges19.

For table use, the device is reversed and if say salt is to bedischarged, the salt holding receptacle 10 is depressed (Fig. 4:) to anextent defined by stop 21 (Fig. 6). In this way the lower perforated endof its plate 11, will be projected beneath the pepper holdingreceptacle, so that apertures 16 ec-ome exposed and the salt may befreely discharged. When the operation is completed, the salt holdingreceptacle is re tracted to return the parts to their normal position,one receptacle constituting in this position a cover for the other. Thenpepper is to be released, the second receptacle is depressed in themanner indicated.

It will be seen that in the operative position of the device, theperforated plates assume a vertical position and do not directly supportthe charge, such function being assumed by the closed contracted ends ofreceptacles 10 that direct their charge toward the upright cluster ofapertures. In this way an excessive liberation of the pepper and salt isprevented even if the device is shaken, as the shocks will not have atendency to force the material by momentum through the holes.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a pair of receptaclesarranged side by side and having contacting apertured sides, and meansfor slidably connecting said sides, each receptacle being adapted toconstitute a cover for the other receptacle.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a pair of receptaclesarranged side by side and havin cont-acting apertured sides, means for slidably connecting said sides, and means for limiting the displacementof each receptacle relatively to the other receptacle.

3. In a device of the character described, a pair of receptaclesarranged side by side and having contracted ends and contacting sidesapertured in proximity to said 0011- tracted ends combined with meansfor slidably connecting said sides.

4. A device 01": the character described, comprising a pair ofreceptacles, apert-ured plates removably secured thereto, and means forslidably connecting said plates.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a pair of receptacleshaving bot- HERMAN HEDRICI-I.

Witnesses FRANK v. BRIEsEN, KATHERYNE KOCH.

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